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College athlete and then went on to play in the nfl and has strong feelings and opinions about these issues and has pointed out very eloquently that we have problems out there as mr. Miller pointed out that need to be addressed. What brought this hearing together was the action of a regional director of the National Labor board who suggested these athletes are employees and therefore could, if they chose, vote to join a union. So we explored some of the possible downsides of that issue. We heard from witnesses here that talked about how would this deal with class attendance and practice times,...

Much. Thank you mr. President and members of the senate, mr. Speaker numbers of the senate, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Governors Council and including that constitutional officers elected. Thank you for being here. Former senator scott brown governor Chris Christie we salute you. [applause] [applause] i have always admired and appreciated you both for years and i have admired your commitment to serve its for all of us and i thank you very much for being with us today. [applause] [applause] to my fellow citizens and other distinguished guests, my thanks to all of you for being here. Wi...

We appreciate your arguments today, thank you. The court may call the next case. Over the next few hours we will show you congressional hearings on professional and student athletics. Up next house hearing from brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Then we will look at scholarships, sex assaults and whether student athletes should be paid. Earlier in year a House Sub Committee looked into brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Officials with the nfl and National Hockey league talked about how their industries address the issue. We will also hear from profession...

Then we will look at scholarships, sex assaults and whether student athletes should be paid. Earlier in year a House Sub Committee looked into brain injuries from football, hockey and other sports. Officials with the nfl and National Hockey league talked about how their industries address the issue. We will also hear from professional and student athletes. This hearing is about three hours. All right. I want to thank everyone for being here. We are now at the full Committee Ranking member, the gentleman from california joins us. We now have the ability to start our hearing. So ill introduce yo...

And how best to go about changing our game to reflect that. So thats how we ended up adding creating a unified concussion protocol and returntoplay protocol for our sideline. Thats how we ended up with additional concussion experts on the sideline. This is based on the advice of outsiders who tell us this is the best way to handle your players, this is the best way to treat the game, and if you want a culture of safety, this is what you would do. We followed their advice strictly and meet with them very frequently. I noticed your title is Senior Vice President of health and safety policy. Is t...